East Ramapo's public sector is to blame

May 15, 2011

East Ramapo voters can easily free themselves of the private-school-sector-community dominance on the school board. East Ramapo's school district is composed of 56 percent black and 27 percent Hispanic, among others. The current school board has raised property taxes so high, voters who are fed up with taxes in general can vote the budget down. This school board is popular for acting on impulse. Trustees demote and hire school officials, including the superintendent. They make decisions on shutting down and selling school buildings. They get to pass very controversial decisions that can contain negative everlasting consequences to our students. Members of this school board have been rude at board meetings. We only have the public-school-sector community to blame for all of this. We have the upper hand in voting power and we are not using it. We fall for their property taxes argument. We stay home on Election Day so that our property taxes don't go up. We ignore the future of children in our community just to save a few bucks today.

On Tuesday, go out to vote in droves. Vote for the budget. Vote for Margaret "Peggy" Hatton, Brenda Carole Anderson, Antonio Luciano and JoAnne Thompson.